Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-22
CONCIERGE,
Further Particulars of the Grain Fires IN
Delta County,

Delta County.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
COMMERCE, TEX, July IQ.-In cur
h9sty communication Of this morning
concerning the grain burners in Delta
county, we failed to give the names Of
any Of the parties because. we rad net
learned all the particulars. The CroUder
brothers seem 20 be the ilCendisrias.
Mr.. White, fstGer-in-Isw OF one Of the
C-OWGer boys, IS the principal sufferer,
having about 1000 or 1900 bushels OF grain
lwhest and Osts3 destroyed on
Monday night and last night. Tuesday
NJ. Hunt, Q neighbOr Of Mr.. White,
on returning TO his home Just sfter DARK,
discovered one of his Oat stacks on fire,
ana il was with the uerest dint Of good
luck, coupled with the almost super
human efforts Of himself, hired help and
family that the balance q the stack yard
YVES saved, which consisted OF several
hundred bushels of wheat and cats in the
sheaf. After the fire vas eX.ipguiahed,
Mr.. Hunt mounted his horse and came 70
Commerce, and made repeated efforts 10
put himself in communication with
Greenvllie by telephone and telegraph.
Failing in this, he and Constable Harris
took . buggy and drove to GrsenviIIe
to get the bloodhOunds to run
the vtilsins down. McssrS. Hunt and
Harris returned this forenoon and report
that they could not or did nOt get the
hounds because the trail would be too
cold by the time the dogs could be put on
the ground.
II seems all this trouble and deYiiment
has grown out Of sn old feud. the
CrOWdeT brothers are repIted to be mOs5
desperate fellOWs-gUilty Of much devil
m1DJ thGt deserves summary punishment.
! Messrs. White and Hunt are resp6Cta-
bic, thrifty good citizens.
Professor l. NJ Mcleod Of GreenvIua,
county superintendent OF public instruc-
/ tion, and former teacher Of Commerce, is
here on business and visiting friends
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
| Special to the Gazette.
GREENyILLE, TEX July 2l.--Deputy
/ Sheriff John Robinson OF Delta county
arrived in this city to-day, and from him
| tine following developments end psrtiCu-
/ lars were learned in reference 70 the
| burning Ci grain n Delta county last
/ week, the facts as then aSCertgined
having been wired TIE GAZETTE. Deputy
| Robinson relstes that Dick CTowder, OF
! tIL- county, one O. JaEec DTOLJtE5 VINO
/ have been frequently Implicated liz
trouble in their county, had been living
GA the farm Of his father-iD-Mw,
ode M1 White aud that Dick Cr0wdar
Snd White having some difference not
JrecOnciiabie, the go1-iu-law was made TO
/ leave the pI-ce Of his marriage k.Dsmsu:
Becoming inGenSe& on having TO leave,
I CIoWGtr avenged himself last week ~
burning Up Whites grain shocked IL tRe
field. he hired s negro for the purpose,
UL1 cid 3ae wo.k. The following night
the two set ire so and burned ~ the
slCCEed grail, wbea. sAd oats, belonging
10 Ir. Joel Uuut, 3 well known citizen
Of that county, with what motive
is not known. subsequently TIE negro
Wss tracked and caugpJ and made clean
confession Of the fac:s, substantially $
shove stated. The result Of this coofss-
sion W2g the pCrsUI and arrest Of Dick
CToWder, who is now in igl IN Cooper,
the county seat Of Delta county. The
CTOWder brothers have 8 nsme O. beng
very vindictisc and reyengeful men, rho
nave given thsir court no little trcuc.a in
the years past.